diff --git a/OpenICF-java-framework/pom.xml b/OpenICF-java-framework/pom.xml
index 8ed4af2e..e9ed0621 100644
--- a/OpenICF-java-framework/pom.xml
+++ b/OpenICF-java-framework/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         </openicf.osgi.remove.headers>
 
         <logback.version>1.3.15</logback.version>
-        <protobuf-java.version>3.0.2</protobuf-java.version>
+        <protobuf-java.version>3.25.5</protobuf-java.version>
 
         <!-- Core documentation properties -->
         <frDocPluginVersion>3.1.0</frDocPluginVersion>